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FAA-B12-019 · 2018-02-24

Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Reports 2018

FAAPacific Ocean, Hawaiian Islands areaPacific#2018Orb / Sphere37,000 feet5 minutes
EVIDENCE GALLERY

Visual reconstruction and recovered media extracted from the incident dossier. This case includes still evidence and analytical reconstruction.

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MEDIA STATUS
Official gallery media is shown as representative archive context for this case.
SOURCE TYPE
Photo evidence plus archival field-report analysis.
VIEW MODE
Still view highlights silhouette, environment, and encounter geometry.
AT A GLANCE

Two separate airline crews simultaneously reported a fast-moving luminous object at high altitude over the Pacific near Hawaii. FAA Honolulu Center confirmed the reports were simultaneous and independent. The incident was included in FAA Aviation Safety Reporting System records and subsequently cited in Congressional UAP briefings.

PRIMARY WITNESSES
Hawaiian Airlines A330 crew, American Airlines B737 crew, FAA Honolulu
EVIDENCE PROFILE
STILL EVIDENCEORB / SPHERE
FILE ID
FAA-B12-019
DATE
2018-02-24
AGENCY
FAA
REGION
Pacific
SHAPE
Orb / Sphere
ALTITUDE
37,000 feet
OBSERVED BEHAVIORS
Rapid AccelerationAnti-Gravity Hover
DECLASSIFIED DETAILS

On February 24, 2018, two separate airline crews — Hawaiian Airlines on an A330 and American Airlines on a Boeing 737 — simultaneously and independently reported a luminous object traveling at extreme speed at 37,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean west of the Hawaiian Islands. The object was observed from both aircraft on the same heading. FAA Honolulu Center confirmed the two reports were received simultaneously and from aircraft at different positions, ruling out a single-point misidentification. Neither crew could identify the object and it disappeared from view by accelerating away. The incident was filed in the FAA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). Details of the encounter were subsequently cited in Congressional briefings as part of the evidence base demonstrating the need for standardized UAP reporting in civilian aviation — a gap that became central to the FAA's 2023 update to its UAP reporting guidelines. The February 2018 Hawaii case is notable as one of the clearest documented instances of two commercial aviation crews at different positions simultaneously observing the same unknown object.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS
  • Two separate aircraft simultaneous independent reports
  • FAA simultaneous confirmation
  • ASRS safety database filing
  • Congressional briefing citation
  • FAA 2023 reporting guideline context
ORIGINAL SOURCE

This incident is indexed as file FAA-B12-019inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / FAA, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.

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EVIDENCE STRENGTH
PARTIAL
Video Record
0
Still Imagery
15
Witness Credibility
14
Sensor Corroboration
0
Physical Evidence
0
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